"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I am sick and my sickness has made not to be able to do things and work as I used to do normally and this really makes me not to be productive."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I have been able to build some three houses that I have rented to some tenants who are coming from my village of Yao. The money that I used to build those houses came from money that I used to save when I was working as a filling station attendant and for this I am proud."

"My biggest hardship in life is lack of money to expand my business to generate more income to sustain my family."

"The biggest hardship is sickness and lack of money to pay fees for the children."

"The proudest achievement is that through my farming I have been able to buy a water pump to water my crops. Also through farming I have been able to educate my children."

"The proudest achievement is that I have livestock which I have bought through my work."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced was when I had no house and when I lost my son who drowned at the lake,he was not sick the abrupt death has really disturbed me."

"My proudest achievement is having worked as a house help since my spouse died and managed to use my earnings to take care of my children."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is that since my spouse left for kitale, I have been forced to do a lot menial jobs in order to survive, but these kind of jobs are few in the village. I often sleep hungry because I did not get work to do and subsequently I did not have money to buy food to eat."

"My proudest achievement is having saved profits from my small shop and eventually managed to plaster my house."